Localization of Auricular Projection Area of the Liver and Its Use in the Monitoring of Viral Hepatitis

作     者：Jan Z. Szopinski Georg P. Lochner Tomasz Macura Iwona Karcz-Socha Anna Kasprzyk-Minkner Krzysztof Kielan Barbara Krupa-Jezierska Dariusz J. Nasiek Piotr Warakomski 小红藤 

作者机构：Pain Clinic Mayo Medical Centre of South Africa and University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg South Africa Department of Electronic Engineering University of Pretoria Pretoria South Africa Department of Infectious Diseases Provincial Teaching Hospital Tychy Poland Department of Internal Medicine Strzelce Opolskie Regional Hospital Poland Provincial Centre for Mother and Child Health Care Czestochowa Poland 1st Department of Psychiatry Silesian Medical University Katowice Poland Maciejow-Zabrze Medical Centre Zabrze Poland Department of Anaesthesia Newport Hospital Rhode Island USA Department of Physiology Silesian Medical University Zabrze Poland 

出 版 物：《Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine》 (中医杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2006年第26卷第4期

页      面：260-265页

核心收录：

学科分类：1007[医学-药学(可授医学、理学学位)] 1005[医学-中医学] 1002[医学-临床医学] 100512[医学-针灸推拿学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：skin resistance resistance 'breakthrough effect' rectification acupuncture point organ electrodermal diagnostics (OED) 

摘      要：Background： Pathology of an internal organ causes significant rectification of electrical currents （diode phenomenon） in related skin areas once the resistance ＇breakthrough effect＇ has been induced in the skin. Objective： Localization of auricular projection area of the liver and evaluation of its usefulness in the monitoring of viral hepatitis. Design, Patients and Setting： Comparative study of the degree of electrical rectification measured at various spots in the auricular concha region, in 19 inpatients with hepatitis B and 15 clinically healthy volunteers, at the Department of Infectious Diseases, Provincial Teaching Hospital, Tychy, Poland. Intervention： Evaluation of electrical rectification at various spots on the auricular concha using a ＂rectification ratio＂ that quantifies the degree of rectification （normal range： 0-60%）. Main outcome measure： The location of the skin area where a statistically significant difference existed between the rectification ratios was observed in patients （82±12% at the time of the ＇peak period＇） versus controls （42±8%）. Results： A location was identified on the ear auricle where the electrical rectification phenomenon demonstrated a dependence on the presence of hepatitis. Conclusions： Liver projection area exists on the ear auricle which is located within the region of cymba conchae, next to anthelix and the cavity of concha. The existence of viral hepatitis causes this skin area to show a higher degree of electrical rectification once the skin resistance ＇breakthrough effect＇ has been induced. Evaluation of the rectification phenomenon of the liver proiection area provides a method of non-invasive monitoring of viral hepatitis.